I was lying awake the other night, counting cracks in the ceiling and generally not feeling great.
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I was lying awake the other night, counting cracks in the ceiling and generally not feeling great.
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Carla’s story…
“As a child I felt strange and different somehow from the people around me. I had the sense, not just that I wasn’t ‘good enough’, but that I never could be good enough – for anything, or anyone.
I’m not sure where this feeling came from, but it went on right into adulthood. I just felt inadequate. It infected my relationships, it affected my work life, it was like a dark cloud over everything.
When I think about what it was like to live like that, it was like I had this horrible harsh hag voice rattling on in my head, always belittling me, always scorning me, wrecking any chance I might have had of feeling confident, or any shred of pride I might take in anything.
If a relationship was going well this ‘voice’ would keep telling me it was bound to end badly soon because, well, once they really got to know me, they wouldn’t want to spend one single moment with me… ever again. So when relationships did end, I wasn’t surprised, it was only to be expected, wasn’t it?
When I look back, I can see that this insecurity, this deep sense of not being good enough as ‘me’, ruined all kinds of opportunities for me. I always felt other women were so much cleverer, prettier, more talented, so much nicer than me.
I felt that I was somehow ‘wrong’ or ‘bad’ right at my very core. Worse, it seemed to me that other people could – or very soon would – be able to tell just what a crappy human being I was. Which meant I wasn’t very comfortable around others.
When I did well at something – which did happen sometimes in spite of all this! – I would assume it must be down to ‘luck’. If people praised me, I was always sure that they were being ‘charitable’, or putting it on.
All in all, I felt unworthy to even be in this world. It wasn’t a great way to live. But now, now that I’ve done all this work, I’ve learned so much, and come to understand so much more about who I really am, and what genuine strengths and gifts I have – it’s completely different!
I know how to nurture and encourage myself and get my real needs met.
I know how to stretch myself and become more capable. I know how to banish those overly critical thoughts. I know how to build genuine trusting relationships and deal with problems without falling apart. I know whose opinion to listen to, and who to disregard.
Now there is light at the end of the tunnel, a very bright light. I feel like I’m stepping out into a bright sunlit open landscape. I feel like I can at last value myself, and I don’t mean just accept myself, but actually be pleased to be me!
I’m going to spend the rest of my time on this planet living, not just existing!
I can’t believe how far I’ve come, in such a short time!
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The Lioness and her Reflection
Once there was a young lioness cub who became lost in the desert. So long did she wander through the desolate dryness that she even forgot she was a lion cub.
Truth to tell, she didn’t know what she truly was, although she still had some vague idea that there might be some proud majestic but perhaps mythical creatures out there known as ‘lions’. But soon she had other worries.
Wandering under the unrelenting merciless heat, our lioness cub became increasingly, then desperately, thirsty. But a small helping of luck mingled with a sprinkle of fate brought her to a large cave in the rocks where she could at last shade herself from the sun’s blistering rays.
As it happened, deep within this cave lay a cool pool of life saving, thirst quenching, lip-smackingly delicious water. Our young lioness couldn’t believe her luck, and was about to dive headlong into the sparkling pool when she noticed something scary…
Staring back up at her from the water was the most magnificent, dignified, strong, clever-looking, awesome… could it be? Yes, it was! She had come face to face with a mythical lioness!
So they were real! Not just something she had dreamed up!
Of course, she had no idea that it was nothing less than her own reflection that had brought her up short. Awestruck and fearful, she backed off hastily.
“How can I, lowly creature that I am, get past that proud beautiful creature, the great guardian surely of the very waters of life?”
She padded around the cave not knowing what to do, her throat becoming drier and her whole body dehydrating further by the second. And each time she peered into the pool, there she was again! That magnificent creature staring up at her!
Finally, her truly desperate need gave her courage. No matter what the apparent risk, she had to drink. So she took a deep breath plunged into the pool.
And of course, there was no other lioness waiting for her. Or rather, the lioness of the pool was she herself. She drank her fill and was saved.
And that is how the young lioness came to know her true nature.
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Why a dinner invitation was all Susan could think about
Susan was dreading the weekend. Her stomach tightened every time she thought about it.
Her kind neighbours had invited her over for a dinner party on Saturday night, and they had hinted there would be nice single men there.
She should be looking forward to it, she knew that. How many times had she felt lonely on the weekends when her sister or her best friend had been busy?
They were really the only two people she could properly relax around. And when only two people make up your social circle, then the loneliness sets in. Evenings go on forever. Weekends feel like months.
But all the times her mother told her off for being ‘weird’ has given her a choking fear of people thinking she’s odd and desperately not wanting to offend or bother anyone.
Sometimes Susan thinks if she were sick she couldn’t call 911 for help. She’d be too shy.
But right now, being really ill sounds (almost) better than the dinner party looming ahead.
All those people. All those faces.
What if she people think she’s a loser for being there by herself? What if someone struck up a conversation with her? What if she dropped something and everyone stared at her?
Whenever she ‘talks’ to strangers, her insides feel like they’re shrivelling up. She sweats and her face flushes and her hands shake uncontrollably. Susan is so afraid of humiliating herself, it’s hard to speak. It’s like the anxiety is physically strangling her – words can’t come out. And when they do they’re so soft and so strange people look at her like she’s nuts.
In glorious technicolour her memory vividly shows her all the times people have laughed at her and teased her. All the times she’s got strange looks.
She can just see herself making a fool of herself in front of everyone at the dinner party.
It makes her stomach hurt just thinking about it.
She could pretend to be out…
She could say she had a headache…
No! Susan spent most of her 20s hiding from party invites and shirking social situations. It became a default reaction.
That’s part of the reason why she’s in this state of only having a few friends, and feeling painfully lonely. That’s why she’s been single for so long. That’s why she worries about being a crazy old lady who dies alone.
Susan hates always feeling like she’s missing out. She feels ashamed she’s 33 and can’t go to a neighbour’s house without feeling this way.
But just as Susan talks herself into going to the dinner party, her thoughts begin to whirl and it gets harder to breathe. She feels her hands sweat and her heart hammer as she imagines how awful it will be to make small talk and be introduced and feel all those eyes watching her…
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“Before getting a hypnosis download I was a bit reluctant, because I wasn’t sure if they would be worthwhile. There are so many things on the internet, and it can be difficult to sort through the useless to find the useful!”
“One of my downloads is for ‘Overcoming Social Anxiety’. My husband’s work requires us to attend many social functions, and being a shy person, I really felt I was in over my head and found these occasions very stressful. When I listen to it before an upcoming social event that has me worried, I find it helps me to relax and not to anticipate a negative experience, and to allow myself to be more spontaneous.”
“I would recommend Overcoming Social Anxiety to anyone with shyness or social phobias, or really any anxiety, because it helps you to think in a different way and see things in a more relaxed light. What you are thinking can completely color your world, so if something helps you to think more positively, your experience of what goes on around you is greatly improved.”
This story came from Patricia Kirwan who is a Homemaker from Castle Rock, USA *
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I can actually say I’m looking forward to [the dinner party]
I can’t remember how I found your site that day but I saw your download for stopping social phobia.
I thought I’ll give that a go, then the checkout came, buy 3 get a ‘discount’ (sucked in straight away lol) I added two others along the same lines, loaded them to my mp3 player and had a listen. Listened to 1 and remember being amazed. I remember a few minutes of listening then I was being told to be aware of the room again, so much time had past which seemed like minutes. I remember I had a short break and then listened to the other two. I didn’t tell my wife Liz at first as I wasn’t sure if she’d laugh or it would really work. I listened to them every day for a fortnight cycling them (1 a day). Then one day we’re in the chip shop (Liz used to always order) I strangely felt calmer! The lady asked what she could get us and I jumped in and confidently listed off what we wanted, Liz nearly passed out I swear, I was so proud of myself!
I ‘top up’ on those mp3’s every now and then as every so often I get the nerves when I have to go somewhere new. When the nerves come now I don’t let them take over like I did before as I know I can do it and nothing bad will happen.
I owe you so much for getting me out of my pit. We’ve got some of Liz’s work friends coming around tonight for a meal for the first time because before Liz always understood I’d freak out on her, but I suggested it to test myself mainly.
That’s the first time I’ve actually thought about them coming today. It would have been a 24/7 panic fest before, me thinking of everything that would go wrong and me hating it. No panic, no obsessing over it – I can actually say I’m looking forward to it!
David Hughes from Gloucestershire, UK. *
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Does Mike’s story of negativity and missed opportunities sound familiar?
Mike was negative. I worked with him for over a year and it was tough to resist the call of his hope-sucking negativity. But strangely I liked Mike…in small doses. You could see his attitude was increasingly weighing him down, and if he didn’t become depressed then those around him might.
Mike’s negativity infected others, or alienated them
You see negativity is infectious and I was at risk because I worked with the guy. For Mike, everything was “What’s the point!” or “It will never work!” He loved to be proved right and hated his world view being contradicted. Good outcomes were viewed suspiciously or with barely concealed disgust because Mike, you see, had a special knack.
The hidden costs of negativity
Mike’s “ability” was to give a negative spin to everything
Mike had never really failed at anything, but only because he had never really tried. He was clever, but used his intellect to reinforce his sour world view. He was motivated, but only to dismantle positivity. His negative take on life became comfortable for him, a way of having certainty (that nothing good could or would happen) in an uncertain world.
When negativity is turned inwards
Being negative about things around us is one thing, but when we become negative about ourselves then we are at risk of real unhappiness and loss of potential.
Unlike Mike, many people are not comfortable with their own sense of hopelessness or chronic self sabotage. And looking back I wonder whether Mike was truly happy with his defeatism and his inability to embrace life due to his secret fears.
Becoming convinced that you’re right to be so pessimistic
Mike wouldn’t believe the idea that he needed to do anything about his outlook. I often reflected on Mike over the years, sometimes recognizing his voice in my head when I was tempted to give up on someone or some endeavor, believing it to be hopeless – when it wasn’t really.
To protect yourself from the miserable-Mike outlook, we’ve created this 10 steps course to overcome negativity.
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According to an ancient story, a proud and beautiful eagle once landed among a community of people who had never before seen a bird of prey.
But from the birds they were familiar with, they had formed a very clear idea of what a “proper bird” should look like. The eagle, of course, hardly measured up to their fixed notions. But no matter!
They cut its beak back, trimmed its wings to the ‘proper’ proportions, and even dyed its feathers to the ‘right’ colours.
Then they were satisfied. “Now that’s what a real bird looks like!”
Take 10 Steps to reclaim the real you – before your wings were clipped.
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“I wasn’t that reluctant about downloading a hypnosis download thanks to the Learn Hypnosis in 5 Days course. It explained it so well that I felt very excited about trying them. Also, the money back guarantee made it a no brainer for me.”
“I chose 3 downloads for my first purchase. Building Self Esteem, Increase Emotional Intelligence and Stop Negative Thoughts. I have had esteem challenges my whole life. I have been clean and sober for 15 years. When I used the downloads it truly helped me to shift my old perceptions and make permanent positive changes in my self-esteem and communication skills with others.”
“I have currently purchased 6 downloads and two scripts. The one download that really helped me was the Stop Negative Thoughts. The one phrase that I absolutely love is ‘Comparanioa’ … it has totally changed my thinking. I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to purchase and use hypnosis downloads.”
Colleen J. Springer, Life Skills Coach/Facilitator from Toronto, Canada. *
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“I’m always reluctant to try new things. Also, I know very little about hypnosis. My whole life I’ve been so pessimistic, my partner of a year finally said he couldn’t stand it anymore so I made an effort to change.”
“I used Stop Negative Thoughts, Develop Optimism, and Improve Your Mood. Today I caught myself thinking negatively and managed to stop it before the whole sentence even ran through my mind.
I’ve been on psychotropic drugs for 12 years and never experienced anything like this. i’m going to recommend this to my coworker who is a negative type to.”
Jessie Sweeny, a Designer, from New York, USA. *
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“Out of absolute desperation I tried some downloads from Uncommon Knowledge. After my first two downloads (Overcome Fear and Anxiety and Stop Thinking the Worst) I started feeling better and was able to handle my new stressful job at a call center…”
“Now 6 weeks after buying my first download I no longer take any pills, I’m enjoying my job, I sleep well at night and I’m a happier person…And the staff at Uncommon Knowledge is responsive and caring. I never thought I’d find a way out of the depression, fear, and unhappiness that was ruining my life and my health, but I did.
After joining the Growth Zone and using my downloads from Uncommon Knowledge I am happier and healthier than I’ve been in years, and it just keeps getting better.”
Barbara Dillon, Casa Grande, Arizona *
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Does Mike’s story of negativity and missed opportunities sound familiar?
Mike was negative. I worked with him for over a year and it was tough to resist the call of his hope-sucking negativity. But strangely I liked Mike…in small doses. You could see his attitude was increasingly weighing him down, and if he didn’t become depressed then those around him might.
Mike’s negativity infected others, or alienated them
You see negativity is infectious and I was at risk because I worked with the guy. For Mike, everything was “What’s the point!” or “It will never work!” He loved to be proved right and hated his world view being contradicted. Good outcomes were viewed suspiciously or with barely concealed disgust because Mike, you see, had a special knack.
The hidden costs of negativity
Mike’s “ability” was to give a negative spin to everything
Mike had never really failed at anything, but only because he had never really tried. He was clever, but used his intellect to reinforce his sour world view. He was motivated, but only to dismantle positivity. His negative take on life became comfortable for him, a way of having certainty (that nothing good could or would happen) in an uncertain world.
When negativity is turned inwards
Being negative about things around us is one thing, but when we become negative about ourselves then we are at risk of real unhappiness and loss of potential.
Unlike Mike, many people are not comfortable with their own sense of hopelessness or chronic self sabotage. And looking back I wonder whether Mike was truly happy with his defeatism and his inability to embrace life due to his secret fears.
Becoming convinced that you’re right to be so pessimistic
Mike wouldn’t believe the idea that he needed to do anything about his outlook. I often reflected on Mike over the years, sometimes recognizing his voice in my head when I was tempted to give up on someone or some endeavor, believing it to be hopeless – when it wasn’t really.
To protect yourself from the miserable-Mike outlook, we’ve created this 10 steps course to overcome negativity.
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According to an ancient story, a proud and beautiful eagle once landed among a community of people who had never before seen a bird of prey.
But from the birds they were familiar with, they had formed a very clear idea of what a “proper bird” should look like. The eagle, of course, hardly measured up to their fixed notions. But no matter!
They cut its beak back, trimmed its wings to the ‘proper’ proportions, and even dyed its feathers to the ‘right’ colours.
Then they were satisfied. “Now that’s what a real bird looks like!”
Take 10 Steps to reclaim the real you – before your wings were clipped.
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“I wasn’t that reluctant about downloading a hypnosis download thanks to the Learn Hypnosis in 5 Days course. It explained it so well that I felt very excited about trying them. Also, the money back guarantee made it a no brainer for me.”
“I chose 3 downloads for my first purchase. Building Self Esteem, Increase Emotional Intelligence and Stop Negative Thoughts. I have had esteem challenges my whole life. I have been clean and sober for 15 years. When I used the downloads it truly helped me to shift my old perceptions and make permanent positive changes in my self-esteem and communication skills with others.”
“I have currently purchased 6 downloads and two scripts. The one download that really helped me was the Stop Negative Thoughts. The one phrase that I absolutely love is ‘Comparanioa’ … it has totally changed my thinking. I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to purchase and use hypnosis downloads.”
Colleen J. Springer, Life Skills Coach/Facilitator from Toronto, Canada. *
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“I’m always reluctant to try new things. Also, I know very little about hypnosis. My whole life I’ve been so pessimistic, my partner of a year finally said he couldn’t stand it anymore so I made an effort to change.”
“I used Stop Negative Thoughts, Develop Optimism, and Improve Your Mood. Today I caught myself thinking negatively and managed to stop it before the whole sentence even ran through my mind.
I’ve been on psychotropic drugs for 12 years and never experienced anything like this. i’m going to recommend this to my coworker who is a negative type to.”
Jessie Sweeny, a Designer, from New York, USA. *
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“Out of absolute desperation I tried some downloads from Uncommon Knowledge. After my first two downloads (Overcome Fear and Anxiety and Stop Thinking the Worst) I started feeling better and was able to handle my new stressful job at a call center…”
“Now 6 weeks after buying my first download I no longer take any pills, I’m enjoying my job, I sleep well at night and I’m a happier person…And the staff at Uncommon Knowledge is responsive and caring. I never thought I’d find a way out of the depression, fear, and unhappiness that was ruining my life and my health, but I did.
After joining the Growth Zone and using my downloads from Uncommon Knowledge I am happier and healthier than I’ve been in years, and it just keeps getting better.”
Barbara Dillon, Casa Grande, Arizona *
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1) Insecurity in Relationships
Gently re-educate your mind to feel like you’re genuinely valued and wanted by your significant other.
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2) Overcoming Jealousy
Stop imagining the worst by taking control of your imagination.
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3) Stop Obsessive Thoughts
Stop the negative spiral of troubling thoughts and start thinking calmly about what bothers you.
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4) Overcome Fear of Rejection
Escape the fear of feeling rejected and mend the damage it causes to relationships.
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5) Overcome Fear of Abandonment
Stop feeling desperate or needy about a relationship and learn how to relax and feel secure instead.
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6) Give Your Partner Space
Be less anxious about your relationship and enjoy the freedom it gives everyone.
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7) Love Your Imperfect Partner
Love your partner despite their imperfections and concentrate on what works in your shared life.
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8) Independence in Relationships
Enjoy an independent life while loving your partner, so both your needs and choices have equal value.
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9) Trust Again
Distance yourself from old painful experiences and open yourself up to trusting others in new, healthy, relationships
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10) Be More Romantic
Be more thoughtful and empathetic and discover creative ways to show your partner how much you appreciate them.
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